Written by Y. W. from Canada Thank you for your recent application to upgrade Canada from a sovereign nation to the “51st State.” We reviewed your proposal, that is, public threats, tantrum-filled tweets and musings about tearing up century-old treaties. We must regretfully decline. Our universal healthcare has a compelling pull compared to a system that treats illness as an opportunity for profit. We’d like to clarify that the 1908 treaty is a map, not a sketch. We don